PennDOT to rebuild bridge at Route 100
UPPER POTTSGROVE » PennDOT is scheduled to begin construction on an area bridge that was deemed structurally deficient.
Construction is scheduled to begin Wednesday, March 28, on a project to rehabilitate the bridge carrying Farmington Avenue over Route 100 (Pottstown Pike) in Upper Pottsgrove Township, PennDOT announced.
Due to the nature of the repairs, Farmington Avenue will be closed and detoured between Laura Lane and West Moyer Road. Eastbound Farmington Avenue motorists will be directed to use the ramp to southbound Route 100 (Pottstown Pike) to State Road and Wilson Street. Westbound Farmington Avenue motorists will be directed to use the ramp to northbound Route 100
(Pottstown Pike) to Route 73 (East Philadelphia Avenue) and southbound Route 100 (Pottstown Pike). The bridge is expected to reopen
in mid-May.
In addition, periodic weekday lane restrictions with flagging will be in effect through early June, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., in both directions on Route 100 (Pottstown Pike) between North State Road and Moyer Road in Upper
Pottsgrove Township, Montgomery County.
Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the construction area because slowdowns will occur. The work schedule is weather dependent.
As part of the bridge rehabilitation,
crews are repairing the existing concrete bridge deck using hydro demolition and applying a latex modified concrete overlay; replacing the existing deck joints; resetting the bearings; painting the entire steel superstructure; performing concrete
repairs to the abutments; upgrading safety features and milling and paving the bridge approaches.
The Farmington Avenue bridge over Route 100 (Pottstown Pike) was built in 1964. The one-span, welded, steel-I beam bridge is 113 feet long, 45 feet wide and carries an average of 4,494 vehicles a day.
The structure is one of 11 bridges in Bucks, Chester and Montgomery counties that PennDOT is repairing under a $5,505,505 project financed by Act 89, the state’s transportation plan.